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A nice quote from Engels in Mr Tao Xiping's talk on the Strategic Value of ESD and its Future Development: "We are punished for every victory over nature." It would be nice to think so, as would be the notion...

A new campaign c/o The Art of Positive Change: A new social media campaign, launched as a result of the Powered by Nature Awards – an initiative of IUCN CEC and ALCOA – encourages people to turn off their lights and...

A while back, I received this email: A message from the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Secretariat Hello everyone, The monitoring and evaluation process for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) is designed to...

In 1987, as part of its International Environmental Education Programme, UNESCO-UNEP published: Strategies for the Training of Teachers in Environmental Education [Vol 25 of the programme], a summary of whose recommendations was subsequently made available in 'Connect XV(1) pp.1-3, 'Environmentally Educated Teachers –...

I'm off to the 6th Beijing International Forum on ESD.  The theme is Education for Sustainable Development: Education for Tomorrow – The Decade Review and Future Prospects. I'll be speaking on: The Development of ESD indicators – exploring frameworks and criteria. The...

Later this month, UNESCO’s governing bodies will consider a draft of a Global Action Programme [GAP] on ESD with a view to forwarding it to the UN General Assembly in 2014.  The plan is that the GAP will replace the Decade, and...

I understand that the QAAHEA's soon-to-be-revealed ESD guidance document for universities will set out over 50 new learning outcomes.  That is, it will specify 50+ additional things that graduates should be able to know, understand and be able to do after...

This was the thrust of an FT Soapbox piece the other day.  It said: Management education must produce leaders who can lead companies in line with UN development goals.  In particular, the article arued that ... "Business school deans need to...

The English Learning and Sustainability Alliance [ELSA] has contributed to Hefce’s review of the UK's Higher Education Academy. ELSA brings together England’s key stakeholder groups with interests in learning and sustainability in order to inform national debates and influence policy...

Anyone enquiring, as a colleague did recently, about what England's Department for Education is 'doing' about sustainable development, gets a response like this: The Department for Education is committed to sustainable development.  As set out in our current Business Plan, covering...